Convict Thomas Blore - Convict Records

Summary

Born

Jan 1822

Conviction

Obtaining by false pretences

Departure

Jun 1850

Arrival

Oct 1850

Death

Sep 1906

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Personal Information

Name: Thomas Blore

Gender: Male

Born: 1st Jan 1822

Death: 18th Sep 1906

Age at death: 84

Occupation: Tailor

Crime

Crime: Obtaining by false pretences

Convicted at: Derby. Borough of Derby Quarter Sessions

Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 27th Jun 1850

Ship: Nile

Arrival: 3rd Oct 1850

Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Thomas Blore was transported on the Nile, departing 27th Jun 1850 and arriving 3rd Oct 1850 with 309 passengers.

Nile (generic)

References

Primary Source	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 271 (137)
Source Description	This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro
Original Source	Great Britain. Home Office
Compiled By	State Library of Queensland
Database Source	British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

221

on 26th April 2020

Thomas Blore was listed as 28 years old on arrival. Place of Birth: Derby, Derbyshire. Transported for 'Offering cloth under false pretences. Thomas was 5'6" tall, dark complexion, black hair, hazel eyes, wide nostrils, literate, married with 1 child. Wife: Mary Houghton - married 2/3/1845. Father: Thomas, a Silk stocking maker. Brother: George Sisters: Ann at native place, Hannah at Manchester. Blore, Thomas arr 1850:nile /370.12/ aotRemarks:Application to bring out family CO386/154 Reel 987 p158. 15/10/1850: TOL 4/7/1855: COF - himself (working for). 18/10/1860: Lydia Mary born Hobart - to Thomas Blore and Mary Houghton. Thomas was listed as a Tailor at Brisbane Street, Hobart. 18/9/1906: Thomas Blore died. 20/9/1906: (Burial date) Thomas Blore died at Melville Street, Hobart - Listed as a Gentleman, Wesleyan and 84 years old. Buried at the Cornelian Bay Cemetery. 20/9/1906 The Mercury, Hobart: DEATHS. BLORE.-On September 18, 1906, at his late residence, 91 Molle-street, Thomas Blore, aged 84. Funeral private. No flowers. Wife, Mary, died 9/1/1898 at Derby, Lancashire, aged 77.

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on 26th April 2020

From Richard Bear:- He was baptised on 29 May 1822 in St Peter’s, Derby, England. The Hobart Mercury of 11 March 1857 reports Thos Blore as being a witness to the execution of criminal George Nixon. He was married to Mary Houghton on 2 March 1845 in the Parish Church, Melbourne, England